15-03-13, 10:34 AM
(15-03-13, 09:23 AM)ponkster link Wrote: Not many people up here do it - there is a mobile service who want £99 min charge - which for what I want is a bit steep , however if I had a swanky car that needed sorting I guess that would not be expencive- Aberdeen prices I guess !
It's a bit expensive alright unless you are trying to illegally alter the mileage to get the cost up on your car/bike. You could make your money back then plus even make a bigger profit. My Bandit 1200 is mint with 40k miles on it. If I got the clocks adjusted to about 16k (which wouldn't be amiss as shes mint), then it would add an extra 500-1000 quid onto the value of it no problem.
It wouldn't be my thing to do such a thing, to be honest....but I was wondering how easily it can be done because my Fazer had 23k miles on it, but i'm very suspicious about the mileage. The camchain went on it not long after I bouoght it, and the front brake discs were under the limit too. I just felt that these were gone too early on a 23k bike. Maybe my Bandit 12 is better built, but the camchain is still perfect and the discs were still just above the limit after 40K miles.
Having done a google, I have heard of one guys camchain going at about 21k miles and some guys who were hard on the brakes have worn their discs out at 20k too. But I find it hard to believe that 3 owners before me put up an average of just 8k miles each especially the first owner. I remember when I bought my Bandit new...I did 16k miles in the first year...you couldn't get me off it!!
I have no problem if my Fazer was high mileage as I have seen some still going strong after 70k miles, but I would like to have known anyway.
Cheers mate.